Standard Lemma guide

-cide

suffix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /-saɪd/
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1

suffix

Meaning 1

killing

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

suffix

Meaning 2

killer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium (“killing”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”), from caedō (“cut, kill”).

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: -cidiu — killing of
  • Basque: -zidio — killing of
  • Bulgarian: -уби́йство (-ubíjstvo) — killing of
  • Catalan: -cidi — killing of
  • Chinese Mandarin: -殺 /杀 (shā) — killing of
  • Esperanto: murdo — killing of
  • Finnish: -murha — killing of
  • French: -cide — killing of
  • Galician: -cidio — killing of
  • German: -mord — killing of
  • German: -zid — killing of
  • Greek: -κτονία (-ktonía) — killing of
  • Hindi: -हत्या (-hatyā) — killing of
  • Hungarian: -ölés — killing of
  • Hungarian: -irtás — killing of
  • Hungarian: -cida — killing of
  • Icelandic: -dráp — killing of
  • Icelandic: -eitur — killing of
  • Ido: -ocido — killing of
  • Interlingua: -cidio — killing of
  • Irish: -mharfóireacht — killing of
  • Irish: --mharú — killing of
  • Italian: -cidio — killing of
  • Japanese: -殺し (koroshi) — killing of
  • Northern Kurdish: -kujï — killing of
  • Latin: -cidium — killing of
  • Maltese: -ċidju — killing of
  • Occitan: -cidi — killing of
  • Persian: -کُشی (-koši) — killing of
  • Polish: -cyd — killing of
  • Portuguese: -cídio — killing of
  • Romanian: -cid — killing of
  • Russian: -цид (-cid) — killing of
  • Russian: -уби́йство (-ubíjstvo) — killing of
  • Serbo-Croatian: -цӣд — killing of
  • Serbo-Croatian: -cīd — killing of
  • Spanish: -cidio — killing of
  • Swedish: -mord — killing of
  • Swedish: -cid — killing of
  • Tagalog: -sidyo — killing of
  • Tamil: -கொலை (-kolai) — killing of
  • Yiddish: ־מאָרד (-mord) — killing of
  • Asturian: -cida — killer of
  • Basque: -zida — killer of
  • Catalan: -cida — killer of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殺人 /杀人 (shārén) — killer of
  • Finnish: -tappaja — killer of
  • French: -cide — killer of
  • Galician: -cida — killer of
  • German: -mörder — killer of
  • Greek: -κτόνος (-któnos) — killer of
  • Hungarian: -ölő — killer of
  • Hungarian: -irtó — killer of
  • Hungarian: -cid — killer of
  • Icelandic: -deyðir — killer of
  • Icelandic: -eyðir — killer of
  • Ido: -ocidanto — killer of
  • Interlingua: -cida — killer of
  • Irish: -mharfóir — killer of
  • Italian: -cida — killer of
  • Central Kurdish: -کوژ (-kuj) — killer of
  • Northern Kurdish: -kuj — killer of
  • Latin: -cīda — killer of
  • Maltese: -ċida — killer of
  • Occitan: -cida — killer of
  • Persian: -کُش (-koš) — killer of
  • Polish: -cyd — killer of
  • Portuguese: -cida — killer of
  • Romanian: -cid — killer of
  • Romanian: -cidă — killer of
  • Russian: -уби́йца (-ubíjca) — killer of
  • Serbo-Croatian: -cid — killer of
  • Spanish: -cida — killer of
  • Swedish: mördare — killer of
  • Swedish: -cid — killer of
  • Tagalog: -sida — killer of
  • Tamil: -கொல்லி (-kolli) — killer of
  • Yiddish: ־מערדער (-merder) — killer of